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Mary O'Hara Alsop (July 10, 1885 – October 14, 1980) was an American author, screenwriter, pianist, and composer. She was a Hollywood screenwriter for silent films that includes The Prisoner of Zenda (1922), Braveheart (1925), and Framed (1927). In 1961, she performed her folk musical composing, The Catch Colt, at the Catholic University of ...
Mary O’Hara Alsop, an American author, screenwriter, and composer, was born July 10, 1885, in Cape May, N.J., to Reese Fell Alsop and Mary Lee (Spring). She grew up in Brooklyn Heights, N.Y., where her father was an Episcopal clergyman. In 1905, Ms. O'hara married Kent Kane Parrot, whom she later divorced.
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Mary O'Hara has 96 books on Goodreads with 52323 ratings. Mary O'Hara’s most popular book is My Friend Flicka (Flicka, #1).
Apr 24, 2016 · Learn about the life and works of Mary O'Hara, an American writer, screenwriter, and composer who created the classic horse story My Friend Flicka. Find out how she wrote the novel, sold it for a fairy tale amount, and adapted it for film and TV.
Mary O’Hara Alsop, an American author, screenwriter, and composer, was born July 10, 1885, in Cape May, N.J., to Reese Fell Alsop and Mary Lee (Spring). She grew up in Brooklyn Heights, N.Y., where her father was an Episcopal clergyman. In 1905, Ms. O'hara married Kent Kane Parrot, whom she later divorced.
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My Friend Flicka. My Friend Flicka is a 1941 novel by Mary O'Hara, about Ken McLaughlin, the son of a Wyoming rancher, and his mustang horse Flicka. It was the first in a trilogy, followed by Thunderhead (1943) and Green Grass of Wyoming (1946). The popular 1943 film version featured young Roddy McDowall and was followed by two other film ...
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Mary O'Hara, the future author of the beloved My Friend Flicka and Thunderhead, was born at Cape May Point, New Jersey, in. 1885, and grew up in non-rural Brooklyn Heights, New York, dreaming of owning a horse. The daughter of an Episcopal minister and a descendant of William Penn and of Gardiner Spring, after whom Spring Street in New York ...
